CH.160 Lucia’s first System Mission

CH.160 Lucia’s first System Mission

“Brian, I need to talk to you for a minute. Could you come with me?” Lua asked me after lunch.

“Sure.” I responded. Not like I had anything else to do. They would just shove me back to that wannabe throne otherwise.

And now I’m having that tour with Lua that I wanted.

She took me a bit away from the town hall, into an area that seems to be the town's graveyard. Just judging from all of the stones carved with names and dates. The dates were in a DD/MM/YYYY format and the years ranged from 1331 to 1363. That means this village has been here for at least thirty years. And I guess this is also the first time I’ve gotten any idea of the date in this world. Not that it really matters, but still. I do wonder, what is the year 0 of their calendar. Another thing I need to find out when I get back to the city.

Lua stopped in front of one grave that said Griffa, with the date 15/13/1359. Eh? 15/13? Like the fifteenth day of the thirteenth month? I thought the calendar was the same, but it is not.

Lua then got on her knees and said some things in a quiet voice. I just stood a few steps behind her, keeping quiet. I don’t need to ask who that grave belongs to. I have a pretty good guess.

“Come. Let’s go.” Lua said after she got up. “This is no place for a conversation.”

I just followed along.

She led us to one of the houses, well they are more like huts. Very basic wooden building.

“Is this your father’s house?” I asked.

“Kind of. There aren’t really individual houses in this village. They are shared by multiple people.” Lua answered. “But the other person moved to a different house, so this one is currently empty.”

“I see. You know a lot even though you haven’t been here for a while.” I commented.

“I did hear some of the gossip earlier.” Lua said. When she was going around, telling people new blood had arrived.

Lua then turned to me with a serious look on her face.

“Brian, I got a system mission.” She said.

A system mission? Lua got one? Nice. I’ve been wondering when she would get her first one. I assume this is her first one.

“I wanted to ask what I should do about it.” Lua added.

“Well, I usually do them, if they aren’t too difficult.” I said. I have done all of the missions I have gotten this far. Of course I also have the two long term missions and those are still ongoing. “So it might help if you tell me what the mission is.”

“It says to teach dhampirs true blood magic.” Lua said.

... isn’t that simple? Lua got true blood magic after like a few days of training with Vampire Lady.

“Yes. Is that the problem? If I recall correctly, it took you only a few days, right?” I asked her.

“No. That is not the problem. There is something strange about the mission.” Lua said. “... can I just show it?”

(Of course you can, if you wish.) I heard Lua’s System Support in my head. (Just think or say ‘Open’.)

“Open.” Lua said quietly.

Mission: Teacher of BloodGoal: Teach Dhampirs True Blood MagicReward: ???

It looks similar to mine. But there is one thing different about it. The reward section is ???. My missions usually have a reward that improves Pack Opener or gives me cards, but Lua’s just has ???.

“I see. It is similar to mine, but also a bit different.” I said.

“Would you show me yours?” Lua asked.

“Sure, I can.” I then had Laura bring up my dhampir mission before saying: “Open.”

Mission: Cure the DhampirsGoal: Cure dhampirs of their blood cursesReward: Grants a random Vampire card for each cured dhampirThis mission is repeatable. You can gain the reward only once per person

“Yours doesn’t have a visible reward. All of the ones that I’ve had have always had a detailed reward.” I told Lua.

“Yes. I was wondering about it. But also, how much do I have to teach them for it to count?” Lua asked.

“... not sure. Enough for the system to recognize it?” I theorized. “My missions have always had clear start and end points, except for the dhampir mission and one other.”

“Could you tell me about them?” Lua asked. “The other missions?”

“Sure. I had one for founding the dungeon, I had one to stop the wyvern attack and then I had one to save baron Watchman from the thunder sprites. They have all been very much time limited, or what I call them, emergency missions. But I also have two continuous ones. The dhampir one you already saw and another one to do with magical attributes.” I informed Lua.

“Magical attribute mission? May I see that as well?” Lua asked.

“Sure.” I said and again Laura brought it up for me. “Open.”

Mission: Granter of MagicGoal: Grant a magic attribute to hard working people who don’t have oneReward:Grants 1-5 monsters of the attribute given.If the recipient is an extremely hard worker, cards may come in sleeves or toploadersThis mission is repeatable

“Yeah. So if you know anyone that doesn’t have an attribute but deserves one, just call me.” I told Lua.

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“No. Of course not.” I denied.

“But you do things only a god should be able to do.” Lua said.

“Don’t skill orbs exist? I’m decently sure they do.”

“But they only come from dungeons and the dungeons are a gift from the Goddess.”

“I thought the first Great Sage could make them as well.” At least that is what I took away from what Paulina said yesterday.

“So you are admitting that you are as powerful as the first Great Sage. Is that it?” Lua asked.

“No. Of course not. I have no clue how powerful the first Great Sage was, so I can’t exactly compare our powers.”

“I don’t think you are denying that it is possible.”

“Lua, anything is possible. I don’t think I, at this moment, am stronger than the first Great Sage. Honestly. But I think it is more than possible that I can grow to be more powerful than he was.” I said. With all of the BS my cards allow me to do, I should be able to do that. Probably. Level Up! to gain levels, installs to gain skills and just summoning monsters to ... well, to fight for me. And if I do gain that last Exodia piece, I’ll have the god-like power of Exodia by my side as well. And perhaps at some point I’ll get the other god-like entities of Yugioh, like the Egyptian God Cards, the Sacred Beasts or the Nordic Gods. I guess the Wicked Gods are also a thing, but they might be too dangerous to use.

“... you really are an anomaly.” Lua said. Lua is too smart. We must execute her immediately.

“I’ll take that as a compliment.” I said. “Also, I want to give you a few cards.”

“How much are you planning on giving? I don’t think I’ll ever be able to pay you back.”

“And who said you’ll have to?” I asked.

“I did. When you got me this magic bag.” Lua said as she patted the magic fanny pack I got her.

“Well that is different. My cards can only be used by those with Card Summoner. Well, not really but still. I want them to be used and I can’t use all of them myself. So I want to give you a few more to use.” I told her.

“... I’ll accept them.”

Now as for what I gave Lua, first was White Magician Pikeru to teach her light magic, second was Cure Mermaid because I think it fits her. Then I gave her a copy of Vampire Vamp and Vampire Grace. I got two of each of them from the dhampir mission, so I can give one of each away without too big of a worry.

“I think these four will do.” I said as I handed them over. I had, of course, put a toploader on each of them.

“I understand the vampires, but what about the other two?” Lua asked.

“Well, they are to help you with healing magic. Cure Mermaid uses water attribute healing magic and White Magician Pikeru uses light attribute healing magic. You will need a teacher to learn light magic, won’t you?”

“I ... yes. Thank you. But I didn’t expect a mermaid.”

“Actually, I have another two if you want them.” I offered.

“... two more? I ... please.”

“Here. Mermaid Knight and Enchanting Mermaid.” I said as I handed two more cards to Lua.

“Thank you.”

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We then went around the village, Lua showing me everything. Not that there was much.

The most interesting part was this large-ish flower field that grew deep red flowers.

Lua told me that the nectar they produce is used as an ingredient in healing potions. I was a bit surprised because I haven’t seen them anywhere else and they are quite beautiful. But Lua said they need blood magic to help them grow, so only a dhampir can grow them.

So that is why dhampirs are still around. I’ve actually been wondering why there hasn’t been some sort of racial extinction caused by hate for their blood drinking ways. But if they are the only ones capable of producing materials for healing potions, that makes more sense.

As we got back to the town hall, I saw that the villagers had decorated it. Just a little.

There were some sorts of lamps, but they weren’t the usual lantern style that most places use, or the candle holder style that the noble houses use. These looked more like LED strips. Where are you getting LED lights?

There were also some clearly handmade decorations that combined with the LEDs, made the building look like a starry sky.

I have to say, I’m impressed that this backwater village has decorations like that. I really like how those LED lights look. ... Yes, I know they aren’t actually LEDs, but I don’t know what they are, so I’ll call them LEDs until I actually find out.

We got inside and I was taken to the seat at the end of a large table that could seat the entire village.

I ended up having to hold a small speech before more snake meat was brought for us to enjoy. Most of the villagers took Lua’s advice and drizzled blood on top of it before enjoying it.

I have to say, seeing the looks on some of their faces was quite fascinating. I guess eating solid food for the first time in your life can be quite the experience.